Title: Inside
Author: Lizzie
E-Mail: [email protected]
Rating: PG
Pairing: If there�s any pairing implied, then it�s Duncan/Connor.
Disclaimer: Don�t own, don�t sue.
Distribution: I have a very simple philosophy - want, take, have. Just let me know where it is.
Summary: Duncan after the passing of Connor.

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Inside
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In the moment of the Quickening, Duncan MacLeod ceased to be the man he was. He grew. He became something more. In the moment of the Quickening, as lightning burst in his flesh and flayed at his skin, Duncan MacLeod ceased to be Duncan MacLeod. He felt something both new and familiar inside of him, and he knew it was Connor. Duncan felt Connor. In that instant, Duncan *was* Connor.

Connor pulsed in Duncan�s veins. Connor throbbed in Duncan�s heart. And in that moment, the two MacLeods were one. He was both Duncan and Connor together, no secrets between the two, no truth untold, filling each other so completely that Duncan could have wept at the beauty and the brilliance and the *pain* of it all. He could have. And he did.

But the moment could not last. Connor�s presence began to dim inside him, and he cried out loud from the loss. It was too much to bear that loss then, or ever. And when Connor had all but faded away, when he had become but a whisper in the back of his mind as the others were, Duncan wondered how he was ever going to live with himself. Knowing what he�d done, how could he?

Duncan MacLeod had killed his only relative. More than that � he had killed his mentor, his saviour, his dearest friend. He had killed Connor.

He couldn�t help thinking that a dark chapter in his life had begun.

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